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Theory of mind, perceived intentions and reciprocal behaviour : evidence from individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Pelligra, Vittorio, Isoni, Andrea, Fadda, Roberta and Doneddu, Giuseppe (2015) Theory of mind, perceived intentions and reciprocal behaviour : evidence from individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Economic Psychology, 49 . pp. 95-107. doi:10.1016/j.joep.2015.05.001 ISSN 0167-4870.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2015.05.001
Abstract
Evidence suggests that departures from pure self-interest are due, at least partly, to individuals conditioning their behaviour on the perceived intentions of others. We present a new experiment that refines the study of intention-based other-regarding motives. Using a series of mini-ultimatum games that have been extensively studied in the literature, we compare the behaviour of normally-developing (ND) children to that of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), who typically lack the ability to attribute intentions to the observed actions of others. We find that ND children’s rejection behaviour responds systematically to changes in the set of available options, in line with previous findings. ASD children’s rejections are virtually unaffected by the intentions that could be inferred from the games’ strategy space. These differences are mainly driven by ASD children with low mentalising abilities.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Economic Psychology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0167-4870 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2015 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 49 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 95-107 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.joep.2015.05.001 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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